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ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY

STATE BAR NUMBER:

FOR COURT USE ONLY

NC-120

NAME:

FIRM NAME:

STREET ADDRESS:

CITY:

TELEPHONE NO.:

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

ATTORNEY FOR (name):

MAILING ADDRESS:

CITY AND ZIP CODE:

BRANCH NAME:

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
STREET ADDRESS:

STATE:

FAX NO.:

ZIP CODE:

PETITION OF (name of each petitioner):

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE—CHANGE OF NAME

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner (name):

for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name

filed a petition with this court

Proposed name

Continued on Attachment 1.

2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes
described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter
is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written
objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date:

Time:

Dept.:

Room:

same as noted above
The address of the court is

other (specify):

(To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the court's website. To find your court's
website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.)

3. a.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause must be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date
set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation:

(for resident of this county) printed in this county
(specify paper):
(for other petitioners) printed in the county in which petitioner resides or, if no county, in the local subdivision or
territory where petitioner resides.

(specify):
Other

Date:

Form Adopted for Mandatory Use
Judicial Council of California
NC-120 [Rev. January 1, 2023]

(If petitioner is requesting change of name of a minor, see Note Regarding Petition for Minors on page 2.)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE—CHANGE OF NAME

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT

Page 1 of 2

Code of Civil Procedure, § 1277

NC-120

NOTE REGARDING PETITIONS FOR MINORS

When a Petition for Change of Name has been filed for a child by one parent and the other parent, if living, does not join in
consenting to the name change, the petitioner must have a notice of the time and place of the hearing or a copy of the Order to
Show Cause served on the other parent not less than 30 days prior to the hearing under Code of Civil Procedure section 413.10,
414.10, 415.10, or 415.40.

f a petition to change the name of a child has been filed by a guardian, the guardian must (1) provide notice of the hearing to any
living parent of the child by personal service at least 30 days before the hearing, or (2) if either or both parents are deceased or
cannot be located, serve notice of the hearing on the child's grandparents, if living, not less than 30 days before the hearing under
Code of Civil Procedure section 413.10, 414.10, 415.10, or 415.40.

This Note is included for the information of the petitioner and is not to be included in the Order to Show Cause published in the
newspaper.)

(

NC-120 [Rev. January 1, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE—CHANGE OF NAME

Page 2 of 2

Order to Show Cause for Change of Name

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Sourced from selfhelp.courts.ca.gov (2023-03)
Page(s): 2
Fields(s): 46
Average fields per page: 23
Reading Level: Grade 7
LIST Grouping(s): CO-00-00-00-00, CO-07-00-00-00.

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Identified Data Fields:

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